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A real estate deal that helps small farmers
Conservation easements in the Hudson Valley are protecting farmland from development
Lukas Southard
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Conservation easements are increasingly being used by farmers to reduce their financial burden, allow for more investment in farm infrastructure and ensure their ability to grow food while protecting their land s agricultural use for the future.Columbia Land Conservancy
Thompson Finch Farm in Ancram, Columbia County has been passed down through the women of Marnie MacLean’s family for five generations. When MacLean and her husband, Don, moved from Vermont to take over the family farm they realized that maintaining the land as a working agricultural area would be financially challenging. ....

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